Manufacturing woes hit Genzyme results
July 22, 20102010 financials, Genzyme, Q2
Genzyme has posted a decrease in sales for the second quarter as its manufacturing woes continue. The US-based biopharma company …
Legal costs dent GlaxoSmithKline’s Q2
July 22, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, GlaxoSmithKline, Q2
GSK has reported a loss for its second quarter due to litigation costs related to Avandia and other problems. In …
Sam Walmsley joins Chandler Chicco
July 22, 2010Medical Communications Chandler Chicco, appointment, medical communications
Chandler Chicco Companies (CCC) has appointed Sam Walmsley to the newly-created position of head of European social media. She will …
Digital Pharma: OnMedica set to reopen under new owners
July 21, 2010Medical Communications Binley's, Digital Pharma blog, OnMedica, digital doctors
A buyer has been found for the services of UK online doctors portal OnMedica, which have been on hold since …
J&J post modest second quarter increase
July 21, 2010Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, J&J, JJ, Q2
Johnson & Johnson has seen a modest increase in sales for the second quarter, buoyed primarily by international sales and …
FDA advised to halt Avastin breast cancer use
July 21, 2010Sales and Marketing Roche, avastin
In a hammer blow to Roche, an influential Food and Drug Administration vote has gone against its cancer drug Avastin. …
Natalie Henson returns to Axon
July 21, 2010Medical Communications Axon, appointment, medical communications
Surrey, UK-based communications agency Axon has appointed Natalie Henson as associate director. She re-joins the firm in a leadership role …
Pharmacologists in the vanguard of pharma R&D
July 21, 2010Business Services, Research and Development BPS, Clinical Pharmacology, pharmacology, research
The British Pharmacology Society (BPS) is the primary UK learned society concerned with research into drugs and the way they …
European Commission invests €6.4 billion in research
July 21, 2010Research and Development European Commission, research
The European Commission has announced a €6.4 billion investment in research and innovation in a range of scientific disciplines including …
Government outlines health reform goals
July 20, 2010NHS, NHS targets, government
The coalition government has proposed five areas, from increasing quality of life to preventing premature death, against which the success …
Manufacturing Q&A: Eden Biodesign
July 20, 2010Business Services, Manufacturing and Production Eden Biodesign, careers, manufacturing
How long has your company been operating? Eden Biodesign is enjoying its tenth anniversary this year. How is your field …
J&J cited by FDA for another manufacturing facility
July 20, 2010Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, manufacturing compliance
Another week, another raft of bad news for Johnson & Johnson’s manufacturing division. With one production facility already shut down …
Excipient problem leads to Coumadin recall
July 20, 2010Manufacturing and Production BMS, manufacturing compliance, recalls
Bristol-Myers Squibb is recalling nearly 150,000 tablets of its anticoagulant product Coumadin distributed across the US because some of them …
Pfizer forced to halt pain drug trials
July 20, 2010Research and Development Pfizer, chronic pain, pain therapeutics, tanezumab
Pfizer has been told by the FDA to suspend trials of its novel injectable biotherapeutic tanezumab for chronic low back …
Manufacturing news in brief
July 20, 2010Manufacturing and Production Apicore, Emergent, Merck & Co, PPS, Tianyin, lilly
A crop of facility announcements from Merck & Co, Emergent, Tianyin, Apicore and PPS offset more job loss news from …
Merck Millipore unveiled as $7bn acquisition completed
July 20, 2010Manufacturing and Production Merck KGaA, Millipore
Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its $7 billion acquisition of processing equipment specialist Millipore, officially launching the combined Merck Millipore …
TBWAPaling Walters promotes Andy Hayley
July 20, 2010Medical Communications TBWA/Paling Walters, appointment, medical communications
Health communications agency TBWA\Paling Walters has promoted former client services director Andy Hayley to managing director. He will succeed company …
Bayer signs Chinese research deal
July 20, 2010Research and Development Bayer, China, gynaecology
Bayer is partnering with the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital in Beijing on research into women’s healthcare. The People’s Liberation …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
July 19, 2010Medical Communications Amgen, Digital Pharma blog, EMA, Sermo, digital doctors, google, psoriasis
This week’s roundup includes EMA’s new look website, a psoriasis patient group’s e-commerce venture, Amgen’s online patient empowerment competition, changes …
NICE’s methods to be put under the spotlight
July 19, 2010Sales and Marketing MRC, NICE, cost-effectiveness
The Medical Research Council has awarded £2.3 million for new research into the academic methods underpinning advice given by NICE …
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